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Daniel Montgomery Jr. Named D3Baseball.com All-American

Daniel Montgomery Jr. Named D3Baseball.com All-American

Southwestern University Pirates third baseman Daniel Montgomery Jr. was named to the D3Baseball.com All-America Second Team, continuing a run of postseason accolades that include All-SCAC First Team and D3Baseball.com All-Region honors. 

Montgomery had 60 hits this season on a .364 batting average, scoring 48 runs and driving in 45 RBI. He led the SCAC in home runs with nine and produced 15 doubles, four triples, and 10 stolen bases, finishing with 110 total bases. 

"We asked Dan to move from shortstop to third base this year and, while a shortstop never wants to move, he did it and didn't complain," Head Coach J.C. Bunch said. "He could have pouted but instead he led our team on and off the field. 

"We challenged him to be the best third baseman in the conference and he responded, putting up huge offensive numbers and playing great defense. He wasn't just the best third baseman in the conference, he was the best in the region and second best in the country." 

Montgomery is the first Southwestern University baseball player to make an All-American team since Matt Odom in 2004. Will Cates received D3Baseball.com honorable mention in 2015. 

The D3Baseball.com All-America team is one of two recognized All-America teams, along with the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) teams. The ABCA All-America and All-Region teams have yet to be announced. 

Toby Welk of the Penn State Berks was named the D3Baseball.com Player of the Year. John Howard of Washington (Mo.) was named the Pitcher of the Year and Hendrix pitcher Jack Hodgins was named Rookie of the Year. 

The D3baseball.com Coach of the Year is to be announced after the D-III World Series.

All statistics are through Saturday, May 25, including any postseason games.

First team

C Casey Combs, East Texas Baptist Sr.

1B Tim Johnson, Sul Ross St. Sr.

2B Joe Professori, La Roche Sr.  

3B Cal Aldridge, UW-Whitewater Sr. 

SS Toby Welk, Penn St. Berks Sr. 

OF Josh Goulet, Plymouth St. Sr.

OF Alex Mumme, Ursinus Jr.

OF Bret Williams, Penn St. Harrisburg Jr.

DH Dan Harwood, Wooster Jr. 

UTL Jake Dexter, Southern Maine Sr. 

SP John Howard, Washington (Mo.) Sr. 

SP Tyler Peck, Chapman Sr.

SP Luke Summers, Fontbonne Jr. 

SP Matt Valin, Cortland Sr. 

RP Nick Garcia, Chapman So. 

UTL Jake Dexter, Southern Maine Sr.

Second team

C Alex Kachler, Methodist Jr. 

1B Davis Mikell, Castleton Jr. 

2B Harry Witwer-Duke, Wooster Jr. 

3B Daniel Montgomery Jr., Southwestern Jr

SS Nathan Sides, Alvernia Sr. 

OF Nick Herzog, UMass Boston Sr. 

OF Noah Payne, Howard Payne Sr. 

OF Matt Woods, Rowan Sr. 

DH Jeremy Jess, Pomona-Pitzer Jr.

UTL David Larson, WPI Jr. 

SP Jonathan Cole, Franklin & Marshall Jr. 

SP Nolan McCarthy, Occidental Jr. 

SP Zach Pronschinske, UW-La Crosse Jr.

SP Nick Roth, Randolph-Macon Sr.

RP Gage Smart, Buena Vista Jr. 

UTL David Larson, WPI Jr. 

Third team

C Rob Marinec, North Central (Ill.) So. 

1B Allen Murphy, St. John Fisher Jr. 

2B Joseph Cutchins, Christopher Newport Sr. 

3B Bryan VanDuser, Concordia Chicago Sr. 

SS Kenny Jarema, Misericordia Sr.

OF Connor Harding, Scranton So. 

OF Patrick Keohane, John Carroll Sr. 

OF Will Welsh, Lancaster Bible Sr. 

DH Nate Davis, Johns Hopkins Jr. 

UTL Christopher Peres, La Verne Sr. 

SP Michael Genaro, Babson Sr. 

SP James Green, Saint Mary's (Minn.) So. 

SP R.J. Hall, Tufts Sr. 

SP Ben Lambert, Southern Maine Jr. 

RP Calvin Bush, Concordia Texas Sr. 

UTL Christopher Peres, La Verne Sr. 

Fourth Team

C Graham Low, Macalester Sr.

1B Cole Beeker, Swarthmore Jr.

2B Dave Tatoian, Gwynedd Mercy Sr. 

3B Seth Woodard, Christopher Newport Sr. 

SS Joey Murphy, Saint Joseph's (Maine) Sr. 

OF Connor Brandon, Concordia Chicago Sr. 

OF Nick Fowkes, Thiel Sr. 

OF Matt Psychas, Heidelberg Sr. 

DH Dakota McFadden, Keystone Sr. 

UTL Dugan Darnell, Adrian Sr. 

SP Danny Cody, Baldwin Wallace Sr.

SP Emmett Dunn, Ithaca Sr. 

SP Charlie Klemm, North Central (Ill.) So. 

SP Mike Webb, Rhode Island College Jr. 

RP Bobby Tramondozzi, UMass Boston Sr. 

UTL Dugan Darnell, Adrian Sr. 

Honorable mention

C Patrick Geiger, Skidmore Sr.

1B Vince Schwartz, Carthage Jr. 

2B Bryce Rheault, Buena Vista Jr. 

3B Clayton Noakes, Louisiana College So. 

SS Ben Boran, Bethany Lutheran Sr. 

OF Brady Ballstadt, Piedmont Sr. 

OF Thomas Craig, Texas-Dallas Sr. 

OF Anthony Crowley, Westfield St. Sr. 

DH Brad Pearson, Clarkson Sr.

UTL John Brinkman, Washington (Mo.) Jr. 

SP Zack Jones, Rockford Jr. 

SP Jake Jourdain, NVU-Lyndon Sr.

SP Matt Mulhearn, Webster Sr.

SP Matthew Williams, Concordia Texas Jr.

RP Alex Sheetz, Monmouth Sr. 

UTL John Brinkman, Washington (Mo.) Jr.